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Cargando... Shadows on the Grass (1960 original; edición 2021)por Isak Dinesen (Autor)
Información de la obraSombras en la hierba por Karen Blixen (1960)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. an addition to her Out of Africa, really should be read along with that one. See review of Out of Africa. Author wrote this one 30 years after she left Kenya. Its the last book she wrote. She died shortly after its publication. It fills in the facts of what happened to the people that Karen wrote about in her book Out of Africa. We get more information about Farah, the Somali-born servant who acted as her chief of staff. He is depicted as fiercely arrogant and utterly loyal, and his death is one of the most moving and tragic moments in the author's writing. Other characters who figure prominently include Kamante, who goes blind, old Juma, who dies, and Abdullahi, Farah’s son, who ultimately prospers. In this book, the author is reflective and self disclosing, admitting that the African experiences made her writing possible. We also learn more about Masai and Kikuyu culture and the introduction of Western technology and culture, all of which made them listless and turned their old lives into boredom. There is less on the exotic landscape and animals and more on human values and spiritual appreciation. Perhaps she was saying goodbye to her friends in Africa. The author died of malnutrition. She was unable to eat. Some speculate that she died of anorexia nervosa. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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The book’s greatest value, very likely, is in what it reveals about the influence of her African experiences, and the influence of Islam, on her aesthetic.
Four stars if you are a fan; probably of two or three stars if you aren’t. ( )